Separable slip



Nov. 20, 1951 Filed April 14, 1949 2 SHEETS-SHEET l w WWW S. KATZ SEPARABLE SLIP Nov. 20, 1951 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Filed Aoril 14, 1949 AIIUHNEY Patented Nov. 20, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SEPARABLE SLIP Samuel Katz, Bronx, N. Y.

Application April 14, 1949, Serial No. 87,389

9 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in that general class of garments worn by women and misses and known as slips, and, more particularly, the aim is to provide a novel and valuable slip or the like, which is inter changeable at its bodice and skirt portions by such an easily and expeditiously effectuated type of interconnecting means for said twogarment portions as a slide fastener; which at the same time may have the bodice portion incorporate a plain or embroidered brassiere-like'upper front formation; and which, further at the same time, is characterized by the inclusion of an elastic construction, partially included in the skirt portion and complementarily included in the bodice portion, for adding to the comfort of the wearer yet for drawing in the new garment, at a single point or zone interrupting the otherwise substantially inelastic circumference of the garment at and adjacent to the waist and. hips engaging regions thereof, in a perfect form fitting manner, while nevertheless rendering the garment, without any opening up of such slide fastener, readily donnable as a pull over garment.

More specifically, the invention provides (in combination with a bodice portion and a skirt portion adapted to be substantially fully joined by said slide fastener and adapted to be wholly separated when desired by full opening of the slide fastener, a pair of elastic inserts, one at the back of the garment and carried at the bottom of the bodice portion and another also at the back of the garment and carried at the top of the skirt portion and in. vertically centralized alignment with the said insert of the bodice portion) various improved features of construction at and adjacent to said inserts and the slide fastener.

Another object of the present invention proposes the provision of a novel means for releasably attaching together the adjacent edges of the elastic inserts in a manner to prevent a gap from forming between those adjacent edges when stooping over without interfering wtih normal stretching of those inserts. It is a further object of the present invention to form an undergarment of the class referred In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a rear elevational view of an undergarment constructed in accordance with the present invention and having applied thereto dot and dash lines for indicating various different positions of the parts of the garment under different conditions.

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the garment as it will appear while being worn.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed view of a por-' tion of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged partial vertical sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but looking from the inside of the garment.

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic view looking in the direction of the line 6-6 on Fig. 3 illustrating the circumferential extent of the slide fastener.

Fig. '7 is a rear elevational view similar to a portionof Fig. 1, but illustrating the undergarment constructed in accordance with a modification of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a partial rear elevational view of the bodice portion used in the form of the invention shown in Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a partial rear elevational view of the skirt portion used in the form of the invention shown in Fig. 7. I

Fig. 10 is an enlarged partial vertical sectional view taken on the line Hl--l0 of Fig. 7, but with the respective snap fastener elements in a separated position.

The ladies undergarment, according to the first form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 6, in

cludes a bodice portion l0, which has its upper front part made so as to include, if desired, a brassiere component or formation, and a skirt portion II; the said bodice portion being also shown as having the conventional pair of shoulder straps I 2.

These skirt and bodice portions are wholly separable, when not as above stated couplable as indicated'in Figs. 1 and 2 and as perhaps most clearly shown, by a slide fastener l4 having the usual slide actuator l5 (see also Fig. 5).

A salient feature of the invention is the provision of such a slide fastener, preferably incidental to and by the aid of special constructions to be described below and with one of such constructions carried at the bottom of the bodice portion and with the other thereof an identical but a vertically reversed companion construction carried at the top of the skirt portion, for pro tectively housing the tapes and other parts of the slide fastener and in a manner relative to these parts to afford a cushioning coaction there with whereby the garment while being worn may be worn with perfect comfort yet ideal form fitting drape; and, in combination with the provisions just recited, a pair of specially shaped, specially placed and predeterminedly variously and individually dissimilarly stretchable elastic inserts, one of which, I6 is carried by the bodice portion 13, and the other of, which, I1, is carried by the skirtportion ll. V

The bottom of the insert l6 and the top of the insert ll approximately align, at a fold line across the bottom of the insert ['6 resulting from an inwardly turned-up hem l8 established-by a stitching l9, and at a fold line across the top of the insert l1 resulting from an inwardly turned-down hem 20 established by a stitching 2|; the stitching for attaching the sides of the insert I 6 to the main back part of the bodice portion In being indicated at 22, andthe stitching for attaching the sides and short bottomiof the substantially triangularinsert l1 to1 the main back part of thesk-irt portion being indicated at 23.

,These inserts are preferably of a ribbedelastic woven material, with substantially no stretch in a direction perpendicular to the waist line of the slip, but of suchhigh stretchability in the direction of extension of said waistline that there isconsiderable stretch ofsthe insert '15 in the direction of the arrow 26 and of the insert ,H in-the dire tion. of the-arrow 21. g

Thus, with, say. the slip vmade-so astobe incut at the waist as shown in Fig. 1, any stretch needed for pull-over donningof the slip is provided for, as indicated'in zdotand-dash lines in Fig. 1

, One of the already mentioned slide -fastener pocketing 1 and cushioning ;constructions is provided atthe' 'bottomof the' bodice portion 1H1, forthe tanei32xof theslide fastener, and'the other of said constructions is provided at the top of 'the' skirt portion 1 I, for the tape 33 of said fastener." Said construction at the-bottom oi. the bodice portion includes a turned-up inner bottom hem '34, and-said construction: at the top of theskirt portion includes a turned-down inner hem 35; each of these heins being establish'ed by'a line of stitching '36,- with: said stitchings 36 also securing apair of two-ply longitudinally iolded-facings '3'! and 38 as bestshownin Fig. 4. The fold along the facing 31 is lowermost, "the fold .along the facing 38 is uppermost, and the free'edges of both pliesof such folded facingare preferably .pinked, as indicated at 31* and 38a. The two constructionsjust described, for concealingly vvand cushioningly pocketing the tapes of the slide fastener and the parts carried thereby, e'xtend;as will be observed fromFig. 6 when takenin connection with Fig. 5, all aroundthe girthvofithenslip exception-a distance slightly less .thanethe widthof .the inserts l6 and I! where they meet at, respectively, the bottom fold across the former and'thertopifold across the latter.

.-In the modification of. the invention. showniin Figs. 7 to l0, the construction of the undergarment is similar to that previously described and the bodice portion is provided at ,the rear thereofwith a.horizontally stretchable elastic insert :1 6' i which extends from the bottom to. the

tends downward into the top portion of the skirt portion II from the top edge thereof.

In addition, this modification of the invention includes means for releasably securing together the adjacent edges of the inserts I6 and I? to prevent those adjacent edges from separating and forming an open gap at the rear of the garment when the wearer stoops over. This releasably'securing means is Isa-arranged as not to interfere with normal stretching of the adjacent edges of the inserts I6 and I1.

The releasably securing means is characterized by the fact that the elastic insert l'l of the skirt portion II' is formed with an upward extension ll clearly shown in Fig. 9, which overlaps the rear face of the bottom edge portion of the elastic insert VIE of the bodice portion Iii. Mounted along the inner face of the extension Il there is a plurality of snap fastener elements 40 which are engageable with complementary snap 'fastener elements M mounted along the rear face of the bottom edge of the elastic insert IS. The snap fastener elements 455 and M are independently mounted on small squares of cloth material 42 which are individualiy stitched to the adjacent faces of the'elastic inserts l5 and H by stitches -43, as clearly shown in Fig. 10. The use of individual cloth squares serves to adequately mount the fastener elements All-and 4| in position on the overlapped edge portions of the elastic-inserts while at the same time havingonlya slight restraining effect on the stretching of those overlapped edge portions.

"In other respects this former the invention is similar to that previously described and like reference numerals identify like parts in each of the several views. While the elastic inserts have been illustrated asapplied only to the center of the back portion of the bodice and the skirt-of the undergarment, this is by way of example only as the number of inserts-may be increased as desired and they may be equally spaced about the circumferenceofthe meeting edges'of the garment portions without departing from the scope of "the present invention.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and'the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope 'of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus describedmy'invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A garment of the kinddescribed, comprising separate bodice and skirt portions, means for detachably connecting said portions along a line girthwisely extending relative the garment, and elastic inserts at the waist region of the garment, one such insert at the lower part of the bodice portion and the otherat the upper part of the skirt portion, said inserts being arranged one above the other, and'said connecting means being continuously extended all around the garment except fora distance substantially equal to the width of said inserts ,atJtheir. adjacent endsjsaid inserts being located betweenrthe adjacent ends of said .connectingsmeans, the garment being relatively non-stretchable in the direction .ofexseparate bodice and skirt portions, mean :ior

detachably connecting said portions along a line girthwisely extending relative the garment, and elastic inserts at the waist region of the garment, one such insert at the lower part 01' the bodice portion and the other at the upper part of the skirt portion, said inserts being arranged one above the other, and said connecting means being continuously extended all around the garment except for a distance substantially equal to the width of said inserts at their adjacent ends, said inserts being located between the adjacent ends of said connecting means, the garment being relatively non-stretchable in the direction of extension of said connecting means all the way along the length of the latter, said inserts at their adjacent ends being of substantially the same width.

3. A garment of the kind described, comprising separate bodice and skirt portions, means for detachably connecting said portions along a line girthwisely extending relative the garment, and elastic inserts at the waist region of the garment, one such insert at the lower part of the bodice portion and the other at the upper part of the skirt portion, said inserts being arranged one above the other, and said connecting means being continuously extended all around the garment except for a distance substantially equal to the width of said inserts at their adjacent ends, said inserts being located between the adjacent ends 01' said connecting means, the garment being relatively non-stretchable in the direction of extension of said connecting means all the way along the length of the latter, said inserts at their adjacent ends being of substantially the same width and the second-named insert tapering downwardly toward its bottom.

4. A garment of the kind described, comprising separate bodice and skirt portions, means for detachably connecting said portions along a line girthwisely extending relative the garment, and elastic inserts at the waist region of the garment, one such insert at the lower part of the bodice portion and the other at the upper part of the skirt portion, said inserts being arranged one above the other, and said connecting means being continuously extended all around the garment except for a distance substantially equal to the width of said inserts at their adiacent ends, said inserts being located between the adjacent ends of said connecting means, the garment being relatively non-stretchable in the direction of extension of said connecting means all the way along the length of the latter, said inserts at their adjacent ends being of substantially the same width and the second-named insert tapering downwardly toward its bottom, said inserts being at the rear of the garment.

5. A garment of the kind described, comprising separate bodice and skirt portions, means for detachably connecting said portions along a line girthwisely extending relative the garment, and elastic inserts at the waist region of the garment, one such insert at the lower part of the bodice portion and the other at the upper part of the skirt portion, said inserts being arranged one above the other, and said connecting means being continuously extended all around the garment except for a distance substantially equal to the width of said inserts at their adjacent ends, said inserts being located between the adjacent ends their adjacent ends being of substantialiythe same width and the second-named insert tapering downwardly, toward its bottom, said inserts being at the rear of the garment and substantially centrally of the rear.

6. A garment of the kind described, comprising separate bodice and skirt portions, means for detachably connecting said portions along a line girthwisely extending relative the garment, and elastic inserts at the waist region of the garment, one such insert at the lower part of the bodice portion and the other at the upper part of the skirt portion, said inserts being arranged one above the other, and said connecting means extending 'all around the garment except for a distance substantially equal to the width of said girthwisely extending relative the garment, and

elastic inserts at the waist region of the garment, one such insert at the lower part of the bodice portion and the other at the upper part of the skirt portion, said inserts being arranged one above the other, and said connecting means extending all around the garment except for a distance substantially equal to the width. of said inserts at their adjacent ends, the garment being relatively non-stretchable in the direction of extension of said connecting means all the way along the length of the latter, said connecting means being a single slide fastener of a length approximately equal to said distance, and there being a shielding and cushioning means for the tapes of said fastener and the parts carried thereby, and comprising plural-ply structures, one at the bottom of the bodice portion and the other at the top of the skirt portion.

8. A garment of the kind described, comprising separate bodice and skirt portions of non-elastic of said connecting means, the garment being material, means for detachably connecting said portions along a line girthwisely extending relative the garment, elastic inserts at the waist region of the garment, one such insert at the lower part of the bodice portion and the other at the upper part of the skirt portion, said inserts being arranged one above the other, said connecting means being continuously extended all around the garment except for a distance substantially equal to the width of said inserts at their adjacent ends, said inserts being located between the adjacent ends of said connecting means, and means for releasably securing together the adjacent edges of said elastic inserts without interfering with normal stretching thereof.

9. A garment of the kind described, comprising separate bodice and skirt portions of non-elastic material, means for detachably connecting said portions along a line girthwisely extending relative the garment, elastic inserts at the waist region of the garment, one such insert at the lower part of the bodice portion and the other at the upper part of the skirt portion, said inserts being arranged one above the other, said connecting means being continuously extended all around the garment except for a distance substantially equal to the width of said inserts at their adjacent ends, said inserts being located squares-of-c1oth material independently secured.

in;-.position-on said extension and said other insert.

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